with speakers Monster Jimenez, Moira Lang, Teddy Co, Erik Matti and Philbert Dy

GIORGIO GUGLIELMINO is a diplomat, a writer, and a collector of contemporary art. He has published several books on art, including, in English, How to Look at Contemporary Art (and like it) (Allemandi, 2008) and This is Now: A Geographical Guide to Cutting-Edge Contemporary Art (Allemandi, 2013). He curated several exhibitions and has a regular column on Il Giornale dell’Arte.

In his new book published by Anvil to be launched at Art Fair Philippines, art collector Giorgio Guglielmino explores the meaning of originality in the context of contemporary art. He reintroduces us to artists of different nationalities and across generations who have paved a new direction and created new art forms that have shaped contemporary art as we know it.

Photo Credit: Giorgio Guglielmino

Zhuang Wubin is a writer, curator and artist. As a writer/curator, Zhuang focuses on the photographic practices of Southeast Asia and Hong Kong. He is an editorial board member of Trans-Asia Photography Review, recipient of the Prince Claus Fund research grant (2010) and a Lee Kong Chian research fellow at the National Library of Singapore (Dec 2017 to Jun 2018). He is a grantee of the Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Greater China Research Grant 2018. He has been invited to research residency programmes at Institute Technology of Bandung (2013), Asia Art Archive (AAA), Hong Kong (2015), Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan (2017) and the Ha Bik Chuen Archive Project at AAA (2018). Zhuang is a contributing curator of the Chiang Mai Photo Festival (2015, 2017, 2020). Published by NUS Press, Photography in Southeast Asia: A Survey (2016; reprint 2017) is his fourth book.

This lecture is made possible with support from the Embassy of Singapore

Photo Credit: Zhuang Wubin

Onib Olmedo (b. 1937-d. 1996) produced a staggering body of work that, taken collectively, paints a veritable portrait of the Filipino everyman. Accomplished through a figurative expressionist style, his paintings defy notions of classical representation, eschewing symmetry, balance, and proportion for distortion, exaggeration, and risk. Almost a quarter of a century after his demise, Olmedo remains a towering figure in Philippine visual arts, whose influence is evident in the works of the artists who succeeded him.

Carlomar Daoana, award-winning poet, art writer, and university instructor, will moderate a conversation about Onib’s life and practice with Allan Cosio, Elmer Borlongan and Vergel Santos.

Photo Credit: Jojo Gloria

Guest curator Carina Evangelista tackles the primacy of the idea and of process in Sol LeWitt’s art. Among the most basic elements of art, LeWitt’s line–first drawn in plain pencil directly on the wall–grew exponentially over the decades to more than 1,300 wall drawings. Artists Poklong Anading, Ringo Bunoan, Lena Cobangbang, Gary-Ross Pastrana, and Gerardo Tan discuss key artworks in their respective art practices that illustrate the generative nature of conceptual art.

Photo Credit: Wall Drawing #869 at Cornell University, 2017

First installation: Villa Valcampana, Treia, Italy, July 1998

Wall Drawing #869A at Art Fair Philippines is the second installation of the variation of #869

© Estate of Sol LeWitt/Artists Rights Society, New York, courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery, New York; Photo by Gabriel Ramos

This panel discussion focuses its attention on the vibrant art communities in the Visayas. Artists and art organizers from Cebu, Negros, Iloilo and Capiz come together to talk about the art scene in their respective provinces and the inter-island connections and collaborations, most evident in, but not limited to Viva Excon, the bi-annual Visayan Visual Arts exhibition and conference.

Ethics is a fine line many new and experienced photographers constantly teeter on. How do we know if an image is ethical? What considerations should you factor in pressing the shutter button? What are the repercussions of images in this day and age, and how can we look at images critically?

This panel discussion will tackle ethics in photography, and will be moderated by photographer and the program chair of Lyceum’s College of Fine Arts and Design A.G. De Mesa.

Offshoot is an independent organization that aims to educate image makers and create discussions about the practice of photography in the Philippines, through workshops, panel discussions, and more. It also aims to bring the various branches of the photographic community together and celebrate the medium’s diversity.

The tours enhance appreciation for Philippine visual arts and provide art historical context in broad strokes..

This is a two – day workshop open to participants who have an intermediate level knowledge of photography.

Day 1 – (Friday, February 21 2020) of the workshop will be dedicated to a live photography shoot and practical Portrait Lighting. Participants will be given an assignment to shoot their own portraits over the weekend.

Day 2 – (Sunday, February 23 2020) of the workshop will revolve around a panel discussion on the participants’ work with guest lectures.

Francisco Guerrero’s first contact with photography at the age of 12 was taking pictures of chickens in his backyard with his father’s camera. He attended the Brooks Institute of Photography in California. Francisco holds a degree in Anthropology and Communications from Goldsmiths College, London.

Regular Fee – PhP 1,600 for both workshop dates

inclusive of ticket to Art Fair Philippines for both workshop dates (PhP 350 per day / PhP 700 for both dates)

Student Fee – PhP 1,000 for both workshop dates

inclusive of ticket to Art Fair Philippines for both workshop dates:

– Students outside of Makati PhP 150 per day / PhP 300 for both workshop dates

– Makati students PhP 100 per day / PhP 200 for both workshop dates

Participant’s fee is non-refundable.

Photo Credit: Paco Guerrero

In this lecture-demo, Claude Tayag will be sharing the different watercolor techniques he has developed over more than forty-five years exploring the medium. This watercolor journey has led him to create vibrant images of Philippine fiestas, landscapes, genre subjects, religious icons, ethnic portraits and black and white paintings.

Claude Tayag is a multi-media artist, starting with his first one-man exhibition of watercolor paintings in 1978. Over the decades, he has also explored working with wood with his sculptures and furniture design, with his food and travel essays, and the culinary arts. To date, he has had 28 one-man exhibitions, both in paintings and wood sculptures. He has participated in several group exhibitions in Manila , Beijing , Washington DC, and Madrid. His art is part of many private and public collections such as the Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Bank of Philippine Islands, and PLDT. He held his retrospective watercolor exhibition at the National Museum of the Philippines in July 2019.

Regular Fee – PhP 500

inclusive of ticket to Art Fair Philippines (PhP 350)

Student’s Fee – PhP 300

inclusive of ticket to Art Fair Philippines:

– PhP 150 students outside of Makati

– PhP 100 Makati students

Participant’s fee is non-refundable.

Photo Credit: Portrait of 2 Tboli Women; by Claude Tayag, watercolour, 2018

Benji Reyes is one of the finest woodworkers in the world. Self-taught, using Philippine hardwoods that have been scavenged from decades-old houses and buildings he combines a unique design sensibility with the technical skills acquired over a lifetime or working with wood. Art Fair Philippines is excited to have craftsperson of Mr Reyes’ stature freely share his esthetic philosophy and technical know-how.

Regular Fee – PhP 500

Student’s Fee – PhP 300

Payment procedures:

Participant’s fee is non-refundable.

Photo Credit: Neal Oshima

Discover the technique of relief printing and develop a greater appreciation for the art of printmaking in this workshop given by contemporary artists from the Association of Pinoyprintmakers, Ambie Abaño, Yas Doctor and Anton Villaruel.

Ambie Abaño

Ambie Abaño is a printmaker who specializes in woodcut. Her explorative large format, three dimensional and installation works take off from printmaking techniques. She has attended workshops under Devraj Dakoji (NY) and Francoise Bricaut (Paris) and has attended artist residencies in Paris, New York, Kerala, Krabi, and under Barehands Artist Residency in Bandung, Fukuoka and Kuala Lumpur. Her awards include 1987 Grand Prize in Painting, Art Association of the Philippines; 2006 Grand Prize in Philippine Art Awards; and 2017 Winning Work in the Hida-Takayama International Contemporary Woodblock Prints Triennale. She has a Masters in Fine Arts degree from UP College of Fine Arts where she has been teaching since 2004.

Yas Doctor

Yas Doctor has been printmaking since 2017 and has exhibited with the Association of Pinoyprintmakers where she is also a member. She attended artist residencies in Bandung, Indonesia for Barehands Cisanti in 2018 and in Selangor, Malaysia under the printmaking studio, Chetak 12 in 2019.

Anton Villaruel

Anton attended and finished his formal education in UP Diliman bachelor of Fine Arts, Majoring in Visual Communication. His art is greatly influenced by cartoons, random decrepit surfaces, streets, graphic art, pareidolia, environmentalism and gender studies. He attended a printmaking artist residency in Selangor, Malaysia under Chetak 12 in 2019.

The Association of Pinoyprintmakers (AP) formerly known as the Philippine Association of Printmakers was established in 1969 and has been actively promoting the development of printmaking in the country through exhibitions, classes and maintaining a studio with printmaking facilities for artists. As it continues its mission, with its vitality and spirit of service, the association retains its strong presence in Philippine contemporary art with the support of the Cultural Center of the Philippines.

Regular Fee – PhP 800

inclusive of ticket to Art Fair Philippines (PhP 350)

Student’s Fee – Php 500

inclusive of ticket to Art Fair Philippines:

– PhP 150 students outside of Makati

– PhP 100 Makati students

*There will be a 45 minute break from 12nn-12:45pm, food outlets are available within the fair venue*

Payment procedures:

Please register by emailing [email protected] and wait for email confirmation which will include the payment procedures.

Participant’s fee is non-refundable.

Photo Credit: Association of Pinoyprintmakers

Create your own sculptural planter under the guidance of renowned clay sculptor Rita Gudiño. MA. RITA B. GUDIÑO, MFA, started her academic career at the University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts (UPCFA) in 1993, while working as a designer for a ceramic manufacturing and exporting company. In 2000, she participated in the prestigious and longest-running International Ceramic Arts Workshop in Tokoname, Japan, where her passion for ceramics was further honed. She propelled the founding of the UPCFA Ceramic Studio in 2008 and directs its programs and operations.

Her magnum opus, LUAL, a kiln art that associated firing as art and metaphor for birthing, is considered a first in Philippine Art History and received recognition in both academic and international field of ceramic arts. She was invited to re-build and fire LUAL at the International Ceramics Festival, Wales, United Kingdom in 2015, where it was considered the highlight of the festival for its spectacular performance firing.

Learn the different clay hand-building techniques (pinching, coiling and slab making) and decorative techniques (applique, sgraffito, incising, stamping texturing and painting) that have been used for centuries to produce beautiful works of art.

Sculptures produced in the workshop will be fired in the Tahanan Pottery workshop in Quezon City and will be ready for pick up or delivery after 4 weeks from the workshop date.

Regular Fee – PhP 1,850

inclusive of ticket to Art Fair Philippines (PhP 350)

Student’s Fee – PhP 1,650

inclusive of ticket to Art Fair Philippines:

– PhP 150 students outside of Makati

– PhP 100 Makati students

Payment procedures:

Please register by emailing [email protected] and wait for email confirmation which will include the payment procedures.

Participant’s fee is non-refundable.

Boy Yñiguez, Mark Nicdao and Neal Oshima on lighting for film, digital and video.

Regular Fee – Php 500

inclusive of ticket to Art Fair Philippines (PhP 350)

Student’s Fee – PhP 300

inclusive of ticket to Art Fair Philippines:

– Php 150 students outside of Makati

– Php 100 Makati students

Payment procedures:

Please register by emailing [email protected] and wait for email confirmation which will include the payment procedures.

Participant’s fee is non-refundable.

Photo Credit: Mark Nicdao

The cyanotype is a photographic printing process developed by Sir John Herschel in 1841 that makes beautiful cyan blue sun prints. Participants will learn how to mix the chemicals and coat their own light sensitive papers, then expose their compositions in sunlight to produce prints. We will run through the process of making traditional (dry) cyanotypes, but we will also demo the “wet” cyanotype, which is a more experimental method, so even those who already have some experience with cyanotypes will have something to learn.

Angela L. Silva is a mixed-media artist and printmaker based in Talisay, Negros Occidental. She uses cyanotypes, a form of alternative photography, which produces monochromatic blue images on archival quality paper. “Blue is also the color of the ocean, of distance and longing.” Angela studied printmaking in the United States and has exhibited in group shows in California and the Philippines. Her show, “Shadow Memories,” runs February 8 through May 30, 2020 at the Negros Museum in Bacolod, Negros Occidental.

Alexis Oshima has been working in darkrooms and making prints since before she could read. She spent several years teaching IB Biology, where she would also run alternative photography classes for the students, to complement the curricular Chemistry and Physics classes. She now resides in Palawan where she is building experimental bamboo structures.

Regular Fee – PhP 800

inclusive of ticket to Art Fair Philippines (PhP 350)

Student’s Fee – PhP 500

inclusive of ticket to Art Fair Philippines:

– Php 150 students outside of Makati

– Php 100 Makati students

Payment procedures:

Please register by emailing [email protected] and wait for email confirmation which will include the payment procedures.

Participant’s fee is non-refundable.

Photo Credit: Alexis Oshima

Carlos Quevedo is a sculptor and YouTuber (morisato54) who makes 21st century automata. In his lecture demo, Carlos will go through the entire creative process in making his craft, walking the participants from his roots to inception and video publishing. Participants will be able to hold and learn about some of the carving tools that Carlos uses, touch up on basic techniques in wood carving, and see the intricacies of works in progress as well as finished pieces.

Limited slots available. This lecture demo is for FREE but please register by sending us an email at [email protected]

Participant’s fee is non-refundable.

Photo Credit: Morisato 54

Day 2 of a two-day workshop by Paco Guerrero which will revolve around a panel discussion on the participants’ work with guest lectures. This will conclude the end of the two-day workshop series by Paco Guerrero.

Day 1 – (Friday, February 21 2020) of the workshop will be dedicated to a live photography shoot and practical Portrait Lighting. Participants will be given an assignment to shoot their own portraits over the weekend.

Day 2 – (Sunday, February 23 2020) of the workshop will revolve around a panel discussion on the participants’ work with guest lectures.

Francisco Guerrero’s first contact with photography at the age of 12 was taking pictures of chickens in his backyard with his father’s camera. He attended the Brooks Institute of Photography in California. Francisco holds a degree in Anthropology and Communications from Goldsmiths College, London.

Regular Fee – PhP 1,600 for both workshop dates

inclusive of ticket to Art Fair Philippines for both workshop dates (PhP 350 per day / PhP 700 for both dates)

Student Fee – PhP 1,000 for both workshop dates

inclusive of ticket to Art Fair Philippines for both workshop dates:

– Students outside of Makati PhP 150 per day / PhP 300 for both workshop dates

– Makati students PhP 100 per day / PhP 200 for both workshop dates

Participant’s fee is non-refundable.

Photo Credit: Paco Guerrero

Lost Frames is a screening event that features video and film from artists whose works occupy the margins or interstices across the vast field of moving images. From its origins inside a small screening room in Cubao, Lost Frames has gathered more than 50 filmmakers, animators, designers, and visual artists through regular screenings held since 2015. Each screening event includes talks by artists and a discussion with the viewers and other participants. This format of presenting and discussing works is deemed necessary and highlights dialogue as a vital part of the viewing experience, which is geared towards developing a community where anyone can participate and put forward artistic, practical, or social concerns. From its initial attempts to future regular screenings, Lost Frames aims to adhere to this simple format, which is discovery through viewing, and understanding through discussions.

As part of The Unconfined Cinema for Art Fair Philippines, Lost Frames adopts the idea of ‘current video practices & video art’ in presenting works that seek to re-create the form, which coincides with the program’s aim to explore the evolution of Philippine Cinema and current film practices as part of the broader spectrum of art and the moving image.

Triptych films, which are films meant to be projected on three screens, are a rarity anywhere around the world. But the Philippines has produced a number of them. This collection, as assembled by curator Teddy Co, compiles decades of work from artists and filmmakers such as Manny Montelibano, Jaime Pacena, Lyle Sacris, Peque Gallaga, Martha Atienza, and more. These films are varied in form: some are installation works of moving image, meant for display at a gallery. Some take on the burden of narrative, using the extra frames to interrogate the stories held within. Some works play out as a conversation between screens. These works will be projected on three perpendicular walls of the cinema space, each screen given its own sound source.

In expanding the scope of cinema beyond its traditional singular frame, these triptych films are an exploration of the boundaries of the art form. As part of The Unconfined Cinema for Art Fair Philippines, this unprecedented collection of films highlights a hidden, uncoordinated movement within the art and filmmaking spheres that interrogates the limits of a means of display.

Raymond Red is a pioneer of modern Filipino independent and alternative cinema. Emerging from the tumult of the 1970s and from a generation coming of age during Martial Law in the Philippines, Red began making numerous experimental and narrative super-8mm and 16mm short films in the 1980s. In 1992, he produced and directed his first feature film, Bayani. An alternative take on Andres Bonifacio and the Katipunan, it was significant also for being commercially released in movie theaters, making it a precursor to the indie movement that would make deeper inroads into the mainstream a decade later. Red has directed five full length feature films, including another historical epic, Sakay (1993), and his latest, Mga Rebeldeng Kaso (2015). In 2000, his short film Anino was awarded the Palm D’Or, making it the first Filipino film to win at the Cannes Film Festival.

One of the most original filmmakers in Philippine cinema, his best known work can be described as patriotic parables shot with a surrealist’s eye and an iconoclast’s mischief. A selection of his short films will be screened as a special showcase for The Unconfined Cinema at Art Fair Philippines.

Roxlee is a Filipino animator, writer, cartoonist, painter, musician, and filmmaker. The co-creator of iconic Filipino comic character Cesar Asar, he is a pioneer of independent film animation in the Philippines. His early works shot on super-8 film are now considered classics of the underground film movement of the 1980s. These include hand-drawn animated shorts like “The Great Smoke” (1984) and the live action cartoons such as “Lizard, or How to Perform in Front of a Reptile” and “Juan Gapang” (both 1987). He is also the author of “The 12 Commandments For Independent Filmmakers”. Since 2018, he has also been conducting animation workshops for children.

As part of The Unconfined Cinema at Art Fair Philippines, a selection of Roxlee’s films will be screened. Some of the works from his animation workshop for children will also have their premieres at the booth.

Roxlee is a Filipino animator, writer, cartoonist, painter, musician, and filmmaker. The co-creator of iconic Filipino comic character Cesar Asar, he is a pioneer of independent film animation in the Philippines. His early works shot on super-8 film are now considered classics of the underground film movement of the 1980s. These include hand-drawn animated shorts like “The Great Smoke” (1984) and the live action cartoons such as “Lizard, or How to Perform in Front of a Reptile” and “Juan Gapang” (both 1987). He is also the author of “The 12 Commandments For Independent Filmmakers”. Since 2018, he has also been conducting animation workshops for children.

As part of The Unconfined Cinema at Art Fair Philippines, a selection of Roxlee’s films will be screened. Some of the works from his animation workshop for children will also have their premieres at the booth.